Accident · substantial damage
Feb 25, 2014 · Moonlight Creek, New Zealand<br /><br />
- Damage
- Substantial
- Injuries
- None
- Report
- WPR14WA128
From NTSB records; matched by serial number.Read NTSB report (search CAROL for WPR14WA128)
N782MH1980 Hughes HUGHES 369D
Registration validUnclaimedSource: FAA, updated Oct 19, 2026
Safety record in brief:1 NTSB accident (substantial damage, Feb 2014)No ADs since 1998 matched
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Registered owner
- Rotor Blade LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Pawleys Island, SC
- Certificate issued
- Sep 19, 2016
- Expires
- Sep 30, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- May 27, 2026
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Hughes
- Model
- HUGHES 369D
- Year
- 1980
- Serial number
- 600739D
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 4
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- H3WE
- Mode S code
- AA990F
Engine
- Make and model
- Rolls-Royc 250-C20b
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
- Power
- 420 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2016 – nowRotor Blade LLCPawleys Island, SC · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 19, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (1)
ADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 19, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 19, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026